The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is using technology developed by Google to fight online child pornography.The video fingerprinting technology provided by Google will allow analysts at NCMEC to conduct faster searches of video and images in its database to flag files with child pornography. Other tools will allow analysts to quickly review video clips.
Google China Wants To Be Ahead Within Five Years
Corporate leaders are in tough positions when trying to predict the future. If they’re too positive, they’re seen as overconfident. Too cautious, and people wonder why they’re scared. So Google China’s Kai-Fu Lee seems to have aimed at a middle ground when describing his pursuit of Baidu.
Google, Salesforce Deal Doomed? Zoho Says So
Old line business models and the new Internet can’t cohabitate, claims the guy who had a chance to sell Zoho to Salesforce’s Marc Benioff.
YouTube, Google Video Grab 77% of Vid Market
Google may dominate around two-thirds of the search market, but the company’s grip around the online video market is tighter. Hitwise reports that YouTube and Google video combined grab over 77 percent of US video visits.In March, YouTube snagged 73.18 percent of US visits, a 32 percent increase over March 2007. Despite decreasing by 52 percent, Google Video maintained third place at 4.06 percent, compared to 8.42 percent last year.
Google, Salesforce Tie Up With Apps
In a move seen as a "take that Microsoft" deal, Google and Salesforce padded out a current collaboration deal by integrating its Google Apps within Salesforce.
Pingdom Puts Google’s Data Centers On A Map
As numbers go, 36 isn’t a stunning one; some companies have locations numbering in the hundreds or thousands. Still, Pingdom has tracked down three dozen of Google’s data centers and plotted them on a map worth seeing.
Brazil Gets Google To Fight Child Porn
According to Sergio Suiama, a Sao Paulo federal prosecutor, around 50,000 pedophilia-related complaints have been connected to Orkut. By way of response, Google plans to implement a filtering system and retain information for a longer period, but still won’t share problem profiles with authorities.
Google AdWords Case Is Sadly Funny
Here’s the understatement of the week: "This wasn’t the best-argued case of the day." New York Law School professor James Grimmelmann was referring to the resurrection of computer repair company Rescuecomm’s lawsuit against Google, which was dismissed in 2006, but is now up for review by a federal appeals court.
Google AdSense Delivered Courtesy Of Yahoo
Yahoo sought another way to stave off a Microsoft acquisition in opening a two-week deal with search advertising giant Google to deliver its AdSense for Search advertising.
Google Transit Adds Chicago’s Info
Thanks to the cooperation of the Chicago Transit Authority, Google Transit’s coverage now includes the Windy City. Chicagoans seem to be pretty pleased about the development.